Verizon is dealing with two separate customer complaints that have recently surfaced, raising questions about how the carrier handles security and community concerns. Both situations, while different in nature, have left customers feeling frustrated with the company's response. According to PhoneArena, a California homeowner is reporting significant financial losses after Verizon built a 200-foot cell tower just 15 feet from his property line. John Stewart, who owns a 7.9-acre parcel near... Read more →
During the last quarter of 2014, Verizon Wireless managed to acquire 2.07 million new subscribers, as well as updated many of its customers who own old feature phones to new 4G handsets, and even connected 1.4 million new tablet devices to its fold. It appears that all is well and good for the Big Red, but actually not quite perfect. With an... Read more →
It is a bit of a surprise how Microsoft did not do this sooner. As far as brand names go, the Windows Phone name is pretty straightforward, simple, effective, and not easy to forget. But it is also kind of redundant and can be awkward-sounding ("I own a Windows Phone phone right now"). Thankfully, Microsoft is deciding to drop the "Phone" part... Read more →
Google already produces the mobile operating system that runs on majority of all smartphones in the world. And now the company may be thinking of venturing into voice calls, mobile data, and other wireless services too. As reported by The Information, one of the world's biggest tech companies is preparing to sell wireless plans that will run... Read more →
One week after T-Mobile announced its newest Simply Prepaid plans, Verizon Wireless has also restructured one of its prepaid services. Specifically, the Big Red is doubling the data on its Allset $45 plan. This means that the prepaid base plan now comes with 1 gigabyte of LTE data (originally only 500 megabytes) and the usual unlimited calls,... Read more →
New data from research firm TrendForce indicates that Samsung had a somewhat tough 2014. Indeed, TrendForce's information shows that despite leading the global smartphone market in 2014 by having a 28 percent market share, Samsung's dominance is slipping. As a matter of fact, the 28 percent market share is decreasing compared to 2013's 32.5... Read more →
T-Mobile may not have ended the year 2014 as the largest wireless carrier in the United States, but at least it dominates in one key respect -- luring new customers and keeping current ones. According to a recent survey conducted by the research firm Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) on mobile device users, the Uncarrier was found to... Read more →
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